Inquiry concerning the Department of Social Protection

This own-volition inquiry, which commended in July 2021, follows a prior DPC investigation into certain aspects of the DSP’s processing of personal data in connection with the issuance of PSCs. That investigation resulted in legal proceedings, in which the DSP appealed an Enforcement Notice issued by the DPC, which were subsequently withdrawn. A joint agreement between the DPC and the DSP as well as the final investigation report from that inquirywere published in December 2021. The final invest